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Weekly Allon Blog: Who Will Be On The Presidential Debate Stages?
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What are early polling numbers telling us about the GOP and Democratic presidential primary races and who will be included in the primary debates?
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Weekly Investment Commentary: The 60/40 portfolio: What’s old is new again
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The ongoing viability of the traditional 60/40 stock/bond portfolio has been debated before, but in 2022 the venerable allocation suffered its worst year since the global financial crisis amid an equity bear market and sharply higher interest rates.
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Global Stocks Rise on US Jobs and Debt Ceiling Agreement, Central Banks in Australia and Canada to Meet
The U.S. added jobs well beyond expectations, though unemployment rose. Central banks in Australia and Canada are expected to stand pat on rates.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: AI rallies the tech troops as equities march higher
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Blockbuster potential, with some caveats. Part sci-fi cautionary tale, part celebration of the human capacity to love, Steven Spielberg’s A.I. Artificial Intelligence was released on a day in 2001 when the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index closed 57% lower than its dot-com bubble peak.
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Weekly Investment Commentary: Farmland: Cream of the inflation hedge crop?
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Real assets — historically an effective hedge against inflation — appear well-suited for the current backdrop.
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MarketScape: U.S. Debt Ceiling Deal: Signs of Stability for Investors
While complications still may arise, we expect Congress to enact the debt ceiling agreement in time to avoid a potential default. Head of Global Macro for Global Fixed Income Antulio Bomfim, Ph.D., analyzes the market reaction to the deal and some risks that remain.
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Debt Ceiling Deal: What It Is, What’s Next and What It Means for Investors
While investors likely have been expecting a debt-ceiling deal to avoid a potential U.S. default, some complicated steps remain.